Bearing News

Day 63

Bailey Stover • May 19, 2020

During her 63rd day of social distancing, senior Bailey Stover took her AP Psychology test, went to Andy's with her mom and watched Slings & Arrows.

Day 56

Bailey Stover • May 12, 2020

Senior Bailey Stover spent her 56th day of social distancing taking her AP Calculus AB test, hanging out with her mom and working on AP Lit with her dad.

ACT, SAT cancel April, May exams

Isaac Yontz • March 19, 2020

In a recent update, the College Board and American Testing Company canceled their respective standardized tests for April and May.

College Board to discontinue several AP Scholar awards May 2020

Brandon Kim • December 15, 2019

The Advanced Placement (AP) Scholar awards program is discontinuing several awards in May 2020. The State awards, Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) honors and International AP Scholar awards...

RBHS schedules PSAT, PACT for same date, Oct. 16

Will Cover • September 25, 2019

RBHS counseling scheduled both the pre-SAT (PSAT) and pre-ACT (PACT) tests for Oct. 16, preventing sophomores from taking the PSAT through RBHS.

AP World needs modification, not division

The Rock and Bearing News Staff • October 18, 2018

With the College Board’s coming upheaval of the Advanced Placement (AP) World History, this year’s freshmen and every class after may miss out on decades of history education. This past summer, the...

College Board to revamp AP World History offerings next year

Ethan Hayes • October 1, 2018

During the summer the College Board anounced plans to refashion the structure of Advanced Placement (AP) World History. The change, scheduled for the 2019-20 school year, intends to split the curriculum...

Students seek help for standardized tests

Emily Oba • April 20, 2017

Preparing for college can be the cause of stress for many students; the pressure to get a good ACT or SAT score is not invalid for college use the score to decide who to admit.

Standardized test score reports unfair

Nomin-Erdene Jagdagdorj • January 6, 2013

According to collegeboard.org, the College Board's "membership of educators" created the SAT in 1926 to "democratize access to college for all students." Each academic year, nearly three million students...

New science curriculum focuses on experimentation, discovery

Stazi Prost • September 20, 2012

Students can put their flashcards away because of a recent change in the way educators across the country will teach science. From this school year on, rote memorization will be less important overall...

AP students should not pay for exams

Isaac Pasley • March 17, 2012

No matter how they cut it, a hard fact of life for high school seniors is that college is expensive. According to U.S. News, the average cost of college in 2010 was about $20,000 for public schools and...